Dive right into a sustainable lifestyle with these easy, delicious Earth Day recipes that will better your health and the planet. Happy Earth Month!
You’ve likely heard of Earth Day on April 22, but did you know that the whole month of April is considered Earth Month? Earth Month is a time of year when people rally together to discuss (and raise awareness for) important global environmental issues, such as pollution, climate change, and industrialization. While these issues are vital to understand and share, they can also be overwhelming, which often brings people to ask the question “what can I do to help?”
In addition to recycling and food composting, what you put on your plate matters to both you and the earth. When you fuel your body with plant-based foods and sustainable seafood, you can reduce the risk of chronic disease and obesity, as well as reduce your carbon footprint.
To help make it easier, I asked some of my nutrition colleagues for their best earth-friendly recipes for Earth Day and Earth Month, and they were more than happy to deliver.
Earth Day Recipes to Enjoy All Month
This list of 30 Earth Day recipes can be enjoyed all throughout Earth Month. Keep scrolling for images of these delicious recipes, and the names of the dietitians who created them!
- Rainbow Veggie Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce
- Turmeric and Cumin Infused Veggies
- Vegan Green Goddess Dressing
- Creamy Broccoli and Avocado Soup
- Root Vegetable and Bean Soup
- Orange Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate and Tangy Turmeric Dressing
- Vegan Mediterranean Prune Salad with Beets, Almonds, and Edamame
- Thai Tofu Veggie Noodle Bowl
- One Pot Loaded Veggie Pasta
- Roasted Cauliflower Fettuccine
- Chickpea and Vegetable Moroccan Tagine
- Lentil Tacos
- Cashew & Chickpea Korma
- Roasted Beet Pesto and Greens Pasta Toss
- Vegetarian Rice and Bean Casserole
- Vegan Stuffed Peppers
- Harissa Glazed Alaska Salmon with Lemon Mint Quinoa
- Easy Baked Salmon: Sweet, Spicy, Orange-y and Delicious
- Scallop & Shrimp Soup
- Super Grains Salmon Burger
- How to Make Vegetable Broth from Food Scraps
- Kitchen Scraps Vegetable Stock
- Crock Pot Vegetable Broth
- Low Waste Broccoli Stem Stir-Fry
- Broccoli Salad with Honey-Tahini Dressing
- Parsley Stem Pesto over Roasted Asparagus
- Broccoli Slaw with Pistachios and Cranberries
- Simple Stir-Fry
- Veggie Breakfast Casserole
- Zero-Waste Vegetable Skin Crisps
Earth Day Vegetarian/Vegan Appetizers, Soups, and Salads
Rainbow Veggie Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce, Amanda Hernandez, MS, RDN, The Nutritionist Reviews (shown above)
Turmeric and Cumin Infused Veggies, Gauri Junnarkar Chaudhuri, RDN, Ayur Nutrition
Vegan Green Goddess Dressing, Kara Lydon, RDN, The Foodie Dietitian(shown above)
Creamy Broccoli and Avocado Soup, Kathy Siegel Nutrition
Root Vegetable and Bean Soup, Toby Amidor, MS, RDN, Toby Amidor Nutrition
Orange Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate and Tangy Turmeric Dressing, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN (shown above)
Vegan Mediterranean Prune Salad with Beets, Almonds, and Edamame, Amy Gorin, MS, RDN, Amy Gorin Nutrition
Earth Day Vegetarian/Vegan Entrees
Thai Tofu Veggie Noodle Bowl, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
One Pot Loaded Veggie Pasta, Megan Byrd, RDN, The Oregon Dietitian
Roasted Cauliflower Fettuccine, Judy Barbe, RDN, Live Best
Chickpea and Vegetable Moroccan Tagine, Edwina Clark, RDN (shown above)
Lentil Tacos, Kelly Jones, MS, RD, CSSD, Kelly Jones Nutrition
Cashew & Chickpea Korma, Adrienne Raimo, RDN, One Bite Wellness
Roasted Beet Pesto and Greens Pasta Toss, Katie Pfeffer-Scanlan, RDN, One Hungry Bunny (shown above)
Vegetarian Rice and Bean Casserole, Jenna Braddock, RDN, Make Healthy Easy
Vegan Stuffed Peppers, Allegra Gast, RDN, Aloha Nutrition
Earth Day Sustainable Seafood
Harissa Glazed Alaska Salmon with Lemon Mint Quinoa, Kaleigh McMordie, RDN, Lively Table (shown above)
Easy Baked Salmon: Sweet, Spicy, Orange-y and Delicious, Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, Food and Nutrition Solutions by Jill
Scallop & Shrimp Soup, Karman Meyer, RDN, The Nutrition Adventure (shown above)
Super Grains Salmon Burger, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN
Earth Day Vegetable Broth
How to Make Vegetable Broth from Food Scraps, Kristina Todini, RDN, Fork in the Road (shown above)
Kitchen Scraps Vegetable Stock, Judith Scharman Draughon, Foods with Judes
Crock Pot Vegetable Broth, Meme Inge, RDN
Earth Day Recipes that Use Up Vegetable Scraps
Low Waste Broccoli Stem Stir-Fry, Stephanie McKertcher, RDN, Grateful Grazer (shown above)
Broccoli Salad with Honey-Tahini Dressing, Marisa Moore, RDN, Marisa Moore Nutrition
Parsley Stem Pesto over Roasted Asparagus, Julie Harrington, RDN (shown above)
Broccoli Slaw with Pistachios and Cranberries, Jean LaMantia, RDN
Simple Stir-Fry, Tara Rochford, RDN, Tara Rochford Nutrition (shown above)
Veggie Breakfast Casserole, Alyssa Ashmore, MS, RDN, CSSD, LD
Zero-Waste Vegetable Skin Crisps, Laura Yautz, RDN, Being Nutritious
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